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17-Dec-2008
Given long-term spending pressures, Korea needs a comprehensive tax reform that provides the necessary revenue while also sustaining Korea’s growth potential and addressing rising relative poverty.
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17-Dec-2008
Macroeconomic policy should focus on mitigating the economic downturn. Over the medium term, the priority should be to maintain a strong fiscal position, given spending pressures, including ageing.
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09-Dec-2008
Health outcomes;life expectancy;health status;health costs;health expenditure;health insurance; pooling;individual market;adverse selection;moral hazard;mandate;health subsidies;tax exclusion;Medicare;Medicare Advantage;comparative effectiveness;
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03-Dec-2008
In recent years, Sweden has implemented ambitious tax cuts to boost growth. This chapter argues that further reforms to the top marginal tax bracket could boost growth in a number of ways.
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03-Dec-2008
The Swedish budget framework has significantly strengthened the fiscal position over the last decade. This chapter argues that budget targets should be linked to long-run considerations. Future fiscal pressures will require a multi-faceted approach.
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20-Aug-2008
The economy is operating with great pressure but there are downside risks as well. Fiscal and monetary policy should thus remain vigilant and their stance adjusted if the outlook changes.
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24-Jul-2008
Since the financial crisis of 1997-98 job creation has slowed, unemployment has been high, particularly among youths, and informality remains widespread.
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24-Jul-2008
Indonesia’s business environment is discouraging entrepreneurship and holding back private sector growth and development. Weaknesses in the regulatory framework, infrastructure bottlenecks and poor governance continue to weigh down on investment.
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24-Jul-2008
Indonesia’s growth performance is improving, following a slow recovery from the 1997-98 financial crisis. Growth is becoming increasingly reliant on the dynamism of domestic demand, rather than net exports.
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17-Jul-2008
The gains of recent fiscal-institutional reforms and vigorous fiscal consolidation should be preserved, and credibility enhanced, in the wake of transition from IMF monitoring.
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